Jerry Scott started cartooning professionally in the mid-seventies. In 1996, in collaboration with the artistic genius of Jim Borgman, Zits was born. Jerry is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Cartoonists Society's Best Comic Strip of the Year, the Adamson Statuette, Germany's Max and Moritz Award for Best International Comic Strip, and the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. He lives in California with his family.